Improvement in stools and seats



H BEAGLE.

Stool and Seat. NO. 161,196 I Patented March 23,1875.

7 I) yg yjlnminr THE GRAPHIC C0.PHOT0 -LITH39&.41'PARK PLACER HENRY BEAGLE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOOLS AND SEATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 161,196, dated March 23, 1875; application filed December 19, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BEAGLE, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvani-a, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Camp-Stools; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective, showing the stool folded; Fig. 2, a perspective, showing the stool extended.

The object of my invention is to make a campstool which can be so compactly folded as to fit and be carried without inconvenience in a gentlemans coat-pocket, and which will at the same time be very stanch, secure, and durable.

My invention consists of a camp-stool, having a seat of any suitable textile material, affixed at the corners to four legs. These legs are made of flat bars of metal pivoted centrally to a wooden block, and are also jointed, so that they can be doubled into half their length, the pivots by which the legs are secured to the block serving also to connect the two sections of said legs, and form the joint. A sliding sleeve or collar is also employed to prevent the legs from doubling up at the joint when the stool is extended for use.

A in the accompanying drawing represents the seat of any suitable textile material, se-

cured at the corners to the legs B B B B.

Each of these legs is constructed in two sections, b and b, of a flat metal bar, the sections lapping over each other at their adjacent ends, and being united by a bolt, 0, serving as a pivot for the joint, and also to secure them to the block D. It will be observed that two bolts, 0 O, serve to fasten the four legs to the block I), and also serve as pivots or pintles for the fourjoints in said legs. E E E E are sliding collars passed down over the overlapping ends of the sections 12 b, and making the joint rigid when the legs are extended.

A chair thus constructed can be made at a slight expense. When in use it will be found to be very stron g, and perfectly secure. When not in use it can be folded and doubled s0 compactly as to be carried without inconvenience in a gentlemans coat-pocket.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- The combination of the seat A, jointed inetallic legs B B, pivots O 0, block D, and sliding collars E E, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 5 th day of December, 1874.

HENRY BEAGLE.

Witnesses:

J NO. A. BELL, J. B. UONNOLLY. 

